Piercer

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An exceptionally large metal longbow.

A very long metal bow

+2, +10 longbow

Vorpal brand
-2 EV

Desirability

This bow deals more damage than any longbow you could enchant yourself (barring a holy wrath or electrocution brand). The unimpressive accuracy and minor hit to evasion do little to stop this from being an excellent ranged weapon.